Emerald Apple Tomato

85 days. A rare variety from Russia where it is
used for fresh eating, cooking and canning. Very
large green fruit often exceed a pound and a
half. This tomato is deliciously tart yet with a surprising
sweetness. A wonderful eating tomato
that has become a favorite here at the farm. It
is one of the best and biggest green tomatoes
we’ve tried.

On a cool rainy summer in Kansas, I a good amount of these from 3 plants. I used on layered bean dip and it was incredible. I used on Pizza and it was ok but the skins are tough.
I eat one a day with salt and pepper and they taste like apple jolly ranchers. Will grow again.

I grew 31 varieties of tomato in 2016: some new, some old heirloom standbys. I picked up a packet of Emerald Apple at the 2015 National Heirloom Expo, just because it was there. I wasn't fond of green tomatoes because I hadn't found one that had a distinctive flavor. This changed everything. Out of all 31 varieties, this one had the absolute best depth and tang. They were good-sized but not beefsteak, so they matured in more than enough time in my short growing season. Fruit hung long on the vine, which was good because you have to recognize a golden sheen to know when they're actually ripe. They're not as stunning as some, which worked in my favor because everyone wanted all the pretty, striped new types and left the Emerald Apple tomatoes all to me!

Never had I tried a ripe green tomato before and to my surprise it may just be my #1 favorite now. First to ripen I collected 3 fruits but the plant was reluctant to even flower again until fall. I will definitely give this one another try.

These grew nicely in San Antonio. In spite of my own neglect, lack of tomato cages, and a historical hail storm that mortared my garden in the spring, a few of these plants survived and produced some of the tastiest tomatoes I have eaten. Next year I will plant more, and protect them with my life.

Delicious! Grew well in Los Angeles. Grown in containers. Produced delicious tomatoes. Out of 6 varieties that I was growing it wasn't the highest yielding one, but a nice addition to the group. They were the first to get mildew disease also. Not a bad variety but not the best.